HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — Home economics related courses in schools used to be the norm, but now they are rare. Only about 6,000 schools nationwide offer these types of classes, according to Salon ...

Feb. 9—The family and consumer sciences classes Katie Blandford teaches to Burns Middle School students is the most important class they'll take because everything she teaches will be used in their ...

Walking out onto the sunny parking lot at St. Catherine of Siena earlier this school year, nine middle schoolers crowded around their teacher’s green Kia Soul and geared up to change a tire for the ...

Every year, a local middle school takes time to teach its 8th grade students critical thinking skills and budget management. The Reality Store, at North Clay Middle ...

To some, maintaining mental health, managing money and making meals are simple tasks, but to others, these life skills seem overwhelming. The definition of a life skill is “a skill that helps a person ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Twice a month, students at Eastern Elementary School gather for their Boys to MENtor program, a group that teaches fifth-grade boys life skills. On Friday, the group gathered ...

A Graham ISD educator and students shared how one particular club is giving them the chance to learn real-world skills.

Mrs. Gordon, a seventh-grade language arts teacher at Awahnee Middle School, is being recognized as the Educator of the Week ...

Most students are 18 when they graduate from high school—technically adults. But how well-prepared are they to handle the life skills adulthood requires, or even to choose a viable path forward? Not ...

I recently saw a TikTok featuring a young woman who didn’t know how to use a toaster oven, claiming something to the effect of, “My parents just always made my toast and I didn’t know there were ...

Conflict between students in schools is inevitable and keeping it non-violent is crucial. That’s why a Bexar County program ...

A 2nd-grade teacher with 14 years of experience under her belt turned to Reddit to describe how, in recent years, she's noticed a sharp decline in independence among her students. In fact, she said ...